. >> a look at the social security program and the fiscal cliff negotiations. tea party leaders had a news conference. later, a former adviser to president clinton discussed the u.s. economy appea. >> the senate small business committee holds a hearing today on hurricane sandy that looks at assistance for small businesses affected by the storm. we will hear testimony from small business officials. live coverage gets underway at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span 3 and c-span.org. >> i want to explain how it happens. we do know the story of the cold war. we know the documents. we have seen the archives that describe relationships. we know the main events from our point of view. we have written them. what i wanted to do is show from a different angle, from the ground up, what did it feel like to be one of the people subjected to this system. how did they react in behavior? it is interesting. one of the things that has happened is what we called eastern europe is very differentiated. they no longer have much in common with one another. >> more on life and soviet e